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Historical Event on 6/18/1858

Rani Laxmi Bai of Jhansi died while fighting with the British troops in the battlefield near Gwalior.

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7/31/1938Khalid Anwer Ansari, social worker, was born.
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4/19/1998Kottayam in Kerala becomes the first district in India to complete computerisation of the talluk offices connecting them with the district headquarters.
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8/3/1993Government assures Lok Sabha that it will revive the proposal for a multi-member election commission.
4/24/1932450 people seized by British for defying ban on Indian National Congress.
12/5/1943The Japanese planes attack Calcutta port.